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Speeiiicetion forming port of' Letters Potent No.

iiiilil, dated Mey 2li, i874 5 application tiled Morell 25, 15374.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that l', CHARLES WELDON, 'ot' vVinchester7 in the State of Connecticut, have invented it new and useful. Improvement in Shot-Cnrtridges, which ere dosigned" chiefly for the use of Sportsmen; and l dey hereby declare the following to be eifull and exact description of the construction and use ofthe seine,

For e more complete understending of this description, reference is mede to the eccompnnying dre-wings, which, in vorder to represent the several' ports more full y", aromi-tde on 2igreetly-enlurged seele.

0n these drawings, Figure lj represents it section through seid cartridge loi'igitudinetlly. Fig. 2 is e moss-section along the line :o .s ol'l lig. l. Fig. 3 is e longitudinal. seetioiroi one et the tubes charged with shot, Figs. 4 and 5 are top and bottom views ot' one of these .tubes when ohztrged und .elosed `with peper, as hereinafter described.

This invention is more particularly adopted to breech-loading shot-guns, though with-seine modiiioetions, which will naturally suggest themselves, it may be used to good advantage with muzzle-loaders. l use for this purpose e.

shell or external ease, such as is in oonnnon use lt isvto be Inode of any suite-ble meterial, though. brass er copper is preternblei'or this purpose. l'either'in this respect, 'nor'in the inode of inserting` the powder therein, nor in the method oi' ooini'muiioeting lire thereto, do l ley claim to any novelty; but, instead of embodying the shot in a sin glo mess, l divide them into two orinore partial charges, eeeh of Whieh is placed Within o tube of proper length and shape, in the manner represented in 'the drawings, in whieh A represents the. shell or externnlonse, and u the tnoes'for the port-iol charges of shot. The powder is shown at P, the shot at S, and the Weds et W. These shotftube's I'generelly construct of thick, strong peper, though they moy be ina-de of copper or ,other meterle-l, They should be cylindrical in forni and ot' the right diameter to t the external ees, and to sii-ile readily into the seine. Upon the powder in 'the-shell is iirst pieced e olosely-iittin een.. A like Weil is to be pissed between oooh two of the shot-tubes, end another over the whole, es shown in the drawings. These shot-tubes may be .prepared and iilled with shot beforehand, herring peper or other sub-A stenee posted over vthe open ,ends'so seeureiy es to prevent ell danger ot looking or bursting; or these tubes maybe left empty, 'with one or both ends open. .in this' onse, zitter the Wed hns been placed over the powder, en empty tube or cup, with en open end upward, is inserted and lille/l with shot. The like proisrepe ted rilievo the seeond Wad, and so on, ii inorethnn two such shot-tubes ere used, until the shell is fully charged.

The object of thus inserting the shot within o tube is to 'prevent them from scattering too niuch when the gun isdisohnrged. The tube .will hold them together for o.- eonsidereble distunee, end, when they ilnellysepornte, thej,r Will nieve iorwnrtl in about the sonne meunerzts though discharged et the point of suoli separation. Experiment lies fully proved the 'utility et' this arrangement. K

l ein :more that shot here heretofore been inserted in el tube and placed within e shell inv e manner siiniinr to that herein proposed, but in ell sneh eases only :t single tube hes heen nseil, ond all the shot were inserted in one mess. When.' iired in this nimmer they ere subjeot to Whetlis termed helling or eine hing-thet is to say, they bec-eine so jammed and yWelded together thetthey ily wholly or partially a e slug or bell. lf theystrike the genie, which will be highly iinprohnlble, they Iteer ,it in pieces, so es to render it ooinpere tively worthless; lint, by the method above proposed, this'mischiei is avoided, While, at

der shot. and Weds heine inserted .in n rl- Jil or oase, snbstentiolly in the niothe purpose shove set fort1 Wad 1between each' two of seid-tubes, the pow- .f tino; icl, iii-WWE,

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the seine time, the shot ore prevented from' are contained in two or more tubes, having' t 

